Quote Originally Posted by ZeeBabar View Post
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Maestro, this is good learning for me. Now, my thought was that even in heads up play, by playing 2 hands in positive decks, I was getting more of the big cards than the dealer because I was receiving two hands to his one. Another thought was that if the cut card in a DD game was going to come out and it's a positive deck, why not go deeper into the deck by having two hands playing?

I wonder if Norm, Don or others would also comment on this.[/QUOTE]

The general idea of 2 hands is that by covariance, you reduce your per hand bet by a factor. EV essentially remains the same with reduced variance. So, with 2 hands in high counts, provided your bankroll can handle it, why not play your single hand max on both hands. Variance goes up, but so does EV.

Also, your thought of jumping to 2 hands right before the cut card in high counts is a good one (heart notwithstanding) know where you are, and where the cut card is, and you're in business. I do it frequently. The more hands played at high counts, the better off you will be, and this is one strategy of achieving that goal.